She Keeps Bees, releases the bees

Finally. I’ve been holding my groin to the largely fantastic She Keeps Bees for some time now. Listening to Jess Larabee’s vocals (yes, that’s where the band’s name comes from) and marveling at just how good a bootleg vocal can be – just listen to this livewire bastard, ripping your jeans for you into a grungy … Continue reading →

Tune Yards joined by Thao in the studio = I try Thao and the Get Down Stay Down

Tune Yards new album may include a collaboration with the talented Thao Nguyen from indie-pop wizards Thao and the Get Down Stay Down a post on Tune Yards’ Facebook page suggested. The picture posted on 2 August shows both Thao and Merrill Garbus, Tune Yards creator, in the studio, fake-singing like they were making a … Continue reading →

Soap&Skin’s cover of Me and the Devil is Brilliant. How important are cover versions to promotion?

Soap & Skin’s new single, Sugarbread, is a talented opera of monks, orchestras and torturous screaming that actually works as a mad mash, but the B-Side cover of blues legend Robert Johnson’s Me and the Devil has destroyed me, here’s Soap & Skin’s version of Me and the Devil. It gave me a shiver from … Continue reading →

iamamiwhoami and the art of making people ask, who is she?

Recently, I’ve been really getting into music by iamamiwhoami. Its quite an odd name to remember when you’re telling your friends or searching for an album. But it turns out there’s a genius story behind the name and the music project. The story begins with a moderately pleasant pop album from a moderately easy going … Continue reading →

The Green Deal and Mule Balls

For David Cameron’s ‘Greenest Government ever’ the Green Deal is a Big Deal, and Green Deal loans are available from 28 January. But it’s not that surprising if people haven’t heard of it (81% haven’t according to a poll by YouGov), because the PR and Marketing for it has been – for want of a … Continue reading →

HMV, maybe should have done more listening – but hurrah for indie record shops!

I, like many, have been watching the situation at HMV in recent years as it tipped closer and closer to administration until finally, today it was announced that this British musical institution has brought in the men in suits to administer the hell out of it. It’s a sad moment for everyone who ever enjoyed … Continue reading →

Originally posted on CACLiTA Cameroon:
  Square these two sentences: Earlier this week, the World Bank called for urgent action to stop catastrophic global warming. Over the last 6 years, the World Bank has financed $12 billion worth of fossil fuel projects – the sort of thing that stokes the planetary thermometer –  according to renewables…

The Daily Mash – Why Are They Allowed To Make Up Quotes For A Story?

The Daily Mash, is one of my favourite reads on the internet, providing some utter bollocks that actually sounds like common sense next to the day’s big issues. Through a variety of fictional professors, oddly named experts, talking animals and one small child economist the Daily Mash have made up many a story to satirize … Continue reading →

Paul Merton – Unlikely Fashion Hero?

I think Paul Merton is great. He shouts down Kilrory-Silk, has a razor-sharp wit and an affinity with Ross Noble. But there’s one thing that people don’t fully appreciate Paul for; his fashion. Yes, I know. It’s unlikely but think about the t-shirts, the green mohair jumper that I wanted for at least three years … Continue reading →

Boris, The Honey Monster, Bridget Jones and why he will bring about the Apocalypse (not necessarily in that order)

There he is, dangling from the sag in a zip wire and looking like the bastard son of Bridget Jones and the Honey Monster: Boris Johnson. He is possibly the only politician to be better known by his first name, and the only one who gets let off with, ‘Oh, Boris’ and a cheerful wave … Continue reading →